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Sperm Counts, Data Responsibility, and Good Scientific Practice

EPIDEMIOLOGY (2011)

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EPIDEMIOLOGY

Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 620-621

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318229ec01

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